PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - YAMASHITA, YO-ICHI
AU  - IMAI, KATSUNORI
AU  - NAKAGAWA, SHIGEKI
AU  - NAKAO, YOSUKE
AU  - YUSA, TOSHIHIKO
AU  - ITOYAMA, RUMI
AU  - OKABE, HIROHISA
AU  - HAYASHI, HIROMITSU
AU  - CHIKAMOTO, AKIRA
AU  - BABA, HIDEO
TI  - Ultrasonography-guided Suction Thrombectomy for an Isolated Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Surgery
AID  - 10.21873/invivo.11461
DP  - 2019 Jan 01
TA  - In Vivo
PG  - 209--212
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
4099  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/33/1/209.short
4100  - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/33/1/209.full
SO  - In Vivo2019 Jan 01; 33
AB  - Background: Removal of an isolated portal vein (PV) thrombus is still a difficult problem in liver surgery. In this report, we present technical details of the ultrasonography (US)-guided suction thrombectomy for an isolated PV thrombus in a case with PV tumor thrombus extending into the main PV trunk of a patient undergoing right hemi-hepatectomy and tumor thrombectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients and Methods: Three cases were treated with US-guided suction thrombectomy for an isolated PV thrombus in liver surgeries. All three patients had HCC; however, two cases had a blood clot PV thrombus, and one case had an isolated PV tumor thrombus. Results: In all three cases, the isolated PV thrombus was successfully removed by suction thrombectomy without intraoperative and postoperative problems. Conclusion: US-guided suction thrombectomy is a promising method for removal of an isolated PV thrombus in liver surgery.